Fools Made Wise

Proverbs 11:26: People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. The fifty-eighth comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy standing at the farm stand, tipsy from the night before. Ben Lafayette, a local from Ravenport, comes up to him and asks if the grain…

Proverbs 11:25: The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. The fifty-seventh comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy looking at a bunch of boxes in his parent’s living room. He is shocked at how many there are, and asks James where they all came from. James…

Proverbs 11:24: There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.   The fifty-sixth comic of Fools Made Wise starts with James talking to Pop about a family in need. James asks Pop if he can help them, and Pop tells him yes…

Proverbs 11:23: The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath. The fifty-fifth comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy asking James what he is working on. James answers him that he is writing a letter to his girlfriend, Wendy. James tells Leroy that their relationship is going…

Proverbs 11:22: Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. The fifty-fourth comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy sitting at the bar, talking with Javier the bar tender. Leroy is beaten up pretty badly, and is giving his version of what happened. He tells Javier that…

Proverbs 11:21: Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered. The fifty-third comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy walking out of Ryder Gas. He finished drinking all the beers he swindled off Dally, threw them all on the floor, and walked outside to…

Proverbs 11:20: Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight. The fifty-second comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy flabbergasted why “treasure girl” (AKA Sophia) would pay Dally forty dollars to save Leroy’s life (see comic 51 for that story). To Leroy,…

Proverbs 11:19: He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death. The fifty-first comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy still at Ryder Gas. After taking $20 from Dally (the guy in the orange sports car from comic #50), Leroy is now drinking down a beer with many others in…

Proverbs 11:18: Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. The fiftieth comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy still at Crossroads Gas. He walks out after finishing his hamburger and is VERY thirsty, but has no way of buying a drink. He then gets a brilliant idea.…

Proverbs 11:17: The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh. The forty-ninth comic of Fools Made Wise starts with Leroy trying to buy a burger at Crossroads Gas. Larry, the gas station clerk, tells Leroy that his total comes out to $3.48. Leroy flips through…